OUR SMALL HERD

Our original four boys came from Ardo Alpacas in Aberdeenshire. We are not alpaca breeders and have our boys purely as pets. Our experience is that you don't need to be a breeder and that a 'batchelor herd' can give much pleasure to the owner. We have 5 acres including our big garden and grazing for the boys, 15 miles north of Inverness, Scotland. I spin, knit, felt and crochet with the fleece from the boys.

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Sunday, 5 July 2020

The weekly photo mix.

Fyta loves water! He likes to stand in the water tray for long periods soaking his feet then usually ends up lying down in it.
The boys had a change of field shelter again this week and the usual melee ensued with all of them taking a turn to roll about.
Faro, in one of his 'aloof' poses - tail up, ears back, not looking directly at the human although watching closely at what he is doing.
Another day and an argument in the shelter between Fyta (left) and Fergus who has his head up in the 'ready-to-spit' stance if Fyta comes into his 'personal space!'  On this occasion Fyta is ignoring Fergus but that is not always the case and the pair will often have arguments.
Yet another dreary morning with mist and rain, it has been like this for most of the past week, and the boys are ready for some carrots.  Here they are waiting for the humans to serve up the 'goodies!'
This photo was meant to show the very big, black cloud before it poured with rain, but it does not appear to have captured that.  However, it does show Faro in front with Fyta looking out of the shelter.
And finally...............Delphiniums from the garden in two different colour shades with a 'humble bumble' on the middle flower.

1 comment:

  1. Hello Shirley, just catching up with your blog. The boys are all looking very smart in their Summer clothes! Hope life up there isn't too difficult in our strange new world! Here, the alpacas are seeing few people at the moment and seem strangely chilled out!
    Enjoy Summer....hope those horrid midges stay away! Xx

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